Candy-cutter.



F. W. MACK.

CANDY CUTTER. l APPLICATION PILBD'MAR. s1, 190s.

Patented Dec.29, 1908.

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F. W. MACK.

CANDY GUTTER.

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UNITED sTATEs PATENT oEErcE.

FRANK W. MACK, OF STONEHAM, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR TO CLARENCE N.LOVELL, OF MELROSE, AND NATHAN E. COVEL, OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

CANDY-CUTTER.

4Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 29, 1908.

Application filed March 31, 1908. Serial No. 424,320.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANK W. MACK, a citizen of the United States,residing in Stoneham, in the county of Middlesex and State ofMassachusetts, have invented a new and useful Improvement inCandy-Cutters, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to machines for making that class of candy termedchip's, the machine cutting out the chips from a strip of candy in aplastic state; and the present invention has for its object to provide asimple and improved candy-cutting machine 1n which the individual chipswhich constitute the product are formed with a substantially iiatlongitudinal central portion which is adapted to receive the name of themaker,vthe trade-mark, or other combination of letters or characters,and the opposite side edges are fluted or scalloped, the whole beingproduced by the candy being pressed between stationary and movable jawswhose cutting or operating faces are arranged in corresponding sections,each pair of which sections produces in a single chip a plurality ofopposite i'lutings or scallops and a longi- Vtudinal central portionadapted to be irnpressed during the operation by a block which issimilar in construction to an ordinary electrotype plate, and which canat any time be removed and another block substituted therefor.

The invention consists ina certain novel construction and combination ofparts whereby the above described results are effected, and the natureof the invention is fully described in detail below, and illustrated inthe accompanying drawings, in which:-

Figure 1 is a plan view of my improved device or machine, with themovable jaw swung up and back. Fig. 2 is a cross vertie cal sectiontaken on line 2-2, Fig. 1, looking toward the left, with the movable jawswung down and the machine closed. Fig. 3 is a' section taken on line3-3, Fig. 2, looking toward the left. Fig. 4 is a perspective View of anindividual candy chip produced by the machine.

Similar numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts.

' yparallel operatin 'their outer ends constituting a frame foroperating the upper Reference numeral 5 represents a bed to which thereis secured by any suitable means, preferably thumbscrews 6, the oppositelprojecting ends 7 of an elongated plate 8, preferably rectangular inshape, said plate constituting a stationary jaw. The surface of thisplate is divided into a series of rectangular sections-ten beingshown inthe drawingsthe sections, the plate, and the projecting ends beingpreferably one integral piece or casting. Each of these sectionscomprises two opposite upwardly extending portions 9 dividedlongitudinally by a preferably rectangular slot 10, and the two oppositeportions 9 being provided with opposite teeth 1 1 which incline upwardand outward from the slot, the spaces 12 between said teeth incliningdownward and outward from the slot. At the opposite ends of the sectionsare rigid transverse cutters 18, there being one cutter between theadjacent ends of any two seotions. The slots 10 are adapted to receiveremovable blocks 14, said blocks being for the purpose of receivingtrade names etc., and resembling electrotype plates, and being adaptedto be held snugly in position by any suitable means, such as by thinplates of metal 15 (Fig. 2). The object of the blocks is to produce animpression of a trade name or other mark upon the candy at the same timethat it is given its permanent ornamental shape. The broad or baseportion of the stationary jaw 8 is flanked by a pair of 4longitudinalbars or cleats 16 secured to the bed, and mounted on these bars orcleats are broader bars 17 which extend inward toward the opposite sidesof the sections; and to the inner surfaces of these bars 17 are securedmetallic strips 18 (Fig. 2) which extend up from between the outer edgesof the sections and the bars 17 and are bent outward into the flaringshape shown at 19 (Figs. 1 and 2) for the purpose below described.

Secured at 20 to the bed next and parallel with the outer edge of one ofthe bars 16, are the feet 21 which support a pair of standards oruprights 22. Pivotally secured to the upper ends of these standards at23 are the levers 24 connected at y a handle 25, and thus or movable jaw26 which is directly supported by ears 27 which are pivotally connectedat 28 to the bars 24. rihe movable jaw 26 is provided on its operatingsurface with a series of sections separated by transverse cutters 29,the cutters and sections correspending in size and position with thecutters and sections in the lower and stationary Each of the sections inthe upper jaw comprises a central and somewhat raised plain portion 30,which registers with and is adapted to rest on the block 14 in thecorrespon-d ing section in the lower jaw, and two rows of teeth 31 whichgrow thicker at their outer ends and are separated by spaces 32 whichgrow deeper at their outer ends, said teeth being adapted to extendinto'the spaces 12 in the lower or stationary jaw, and the spaces 32being adapted to be swung over the teeth 11 in the stationary jaw.

In practice, the blocks 14 are first placed in the slots 10 (said blocksbeing shown as plain in the drawings but being adapted to receive anydesired trade name or lettering), and suitable plates 15 are appliedbetween the opposite sides of the blocks and the edges of the slots forthe purpose of holding the former firmly in position. T he candy is thenlaid in a plastic condition on the surfaces of the sections and blocksin the stationary jaw, and is prevented from spreading by the metallicstrips 18, 19. l he swinging jaw 26 is then swung down by the handle 24upon the candy, being guided by the ilaring portions 19 of the metallicstrips 18, 19, the cutters 29 registering with the cutters 13, the plainsurfaces 30 registering with the blocks 14, and the teeth 31interlocking with the teeth 11 and registering with the spaces 12. rlheeffect is to produce a series of chips of the shape illustrated in Fig.4, in which the central portion 33 is flat and receives any impressionwhich is produced by raised or sunken letters en the blocks 10, and theopposite edges 34 are fluted or scalloped as shown. Each chip thereforewhich is removed by opposite pairs of cutters 13, 29 comprises o positeside edges each ef which has a plura ity of scallops or corrugationsproduced by the interlocking teeth, a longi tudinal central plainportion adapted to receive a name or description and produced by theblocks 14 and plain portions 30, and opposite plain ends produceddirectly by the cutters.

Having thus fully described my invention, what l claim, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

1. ln a cutting machine of the character described, a stationary jaw theupper surface of which is formed in sections separated by transversecutters, the surfaces of the said sections being provided next theiropposite side edges with teeth extending upward and outward transverselywith the jaw and with longitudinal slots located between the oppositerows of teeth and adapted to receive and hold in position blocksprovided with letters or characters designed to be impressed in thecandy, and a movable `iaw the operating surface of which is formed insections separated by transverse cutters and adapted to register withthe sections on the stationary `iaw, the surfaces of the said sectionson the movable jaw being provided next their opposite side iges withteeth extending upward and outward transversely with the jaw and adaptedto register with the spaces between the teeth on the stationary jaw andwith longitudinal plain spaces located between the opposite rows ofteeth and registering with the slots in the stationary jaw, for thepurpose set forth.

2. ln a cutting machine of the character described, a stationary jaw theupper surface of which is formed in sections separated by transversecutters, the surfaces of the said sections being provided next theiropposite, side edges with teeth extending upward and outwardtransversely with the jaw and with longitudinal slots located betweenthe opposite rows of teeth and adapted to receive and hold in positionblocks provided with letters or characters designed to be impressed inthe candy, a movable aw the operating surface of which is formed insections separated by transverse cutters and adapted to register withthe sections on the stationary `iaw, the surfaces of the said sectionson the movable jaw being provided next their opposite side edges withteeth extending upward and outward transversely with the jaw and adaptedto register with the spaces between the teeth on the stationary `iaw andwith longitudinal plain spaces located between the opposite rows ofteeth and registering with the slots in the stationary `iaw, and flaringguards disposed longitudinally in the stationary i aw on opposite sidesof the row of sections and cxtending higher than the surface of the sections and outward therefrom, for the purpose set forth.

3. In a cutting machine of the character described, a stationary jaw theupper surface of' which is formed in sections separated by transversecutters, the surfaces of the said sections being provided next theiropposite side edges with teeth extending upward and outward transverselywith the i aw and previded with means between. the rows of teeth adaptedto receive letters or characters designed to be impressed in the candy,and a movable jaw the operating surface of which is formed in sectionsseparated by transverse cutters and adapted to register' with thesections on the stationary jaw, the surfaces of the said sections on themovable `iaw being provided next their opposite side edges with teethextending upward and outward transversely with the j aw and adapted toregister with the spaces between the teeth on the stationary jaw andwith longitudinal plain n spaces located between the opposite rows ofteeth and registering with the means on the stationary jaw forimpressing letters or characters on the candy, for the purpose setforth.

In`testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of 10 two subscribing witnesses.

FRANK W. MACK.

Witnesses:

HENRY W. WILLIAMS, M. A. A'rwooD."

